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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New poster. I agree Shepard and Bancroft should feed elsewhere. They do look to have gained a gerrymander via some political deal.

The only reason I can see that makes any sense is that DME looked at the available Deal/Wilson seats, decided she could fit in a few more kids, and that Shep/Bancroft just had the political pull (or got lucky) to be the ones selected.

But if there really are more available seats at Deal/Wilson, I think it makes more sense to put them into the openly available lottery rather than reserve them for Shep/Bancroft.

Does DME describe any justification anywhere for giving this special favor to Shep/Bancroft?[/quote]
^ Useless post by an ignorant fool.  Shepherd and Bancroft have been Deal feeders for decades.  Maybe try shutting up when you don't know what you're talking about?   :roll: [/quote]
I'm sorry you're unable to engage in civil and constructive discussion. How about the fact that Shepard Park was not zoned for Wilson previously?  The only route to Wilson was thru some ridiculous feeder argument, which as I hear tell was created during the Rhee administration. So don't give me yap about decades of history.  And as for Bancroft, it's way outside the Deal-Wilson neighborhood, and far closer to other schools.

It doesn't take much to look at the map and see that Shapard and Bancroft should be zoned for east of the park middle/high schools that are part of the neighborhoods for those elementary schools.

If you want to offer some persuasive argument why not, I'm happy to be persuaded. But so far, you've just demonstrated that you are an abrasive person. Please convince me with something more than just your ability to call people names. [/quote]

Not the PP to whom you're responding, but a Bancroft parent. I hope that Bancroft and Shepherd parents can make the effort to be polite and empathetic throughout these difficult policy discussions. We definitely need to be active and engaged on these issues, but we also need to seek to understand where other people are coming from, whether in person or (always more difficult) on an anonymous forum. The bottom line is that every neighborhood in DC deserves a good middle school and high school option.

That said, to the PP who wants persuasive arguments why Bancroft and Shepherd should continue as Deal feeders, those arguments have been provided in this thread and elsewhere over the last several months. It's up to you whether or not you want to engage with those arguments.

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